Clothespin bag



Feb. 8,

D. CONWAY ULOTHE'SPIN BAG Original FiledMarOh 5, 1925 I A TTORNEY Patented Feb. 8, 1927.

it E DORA CONWAY, OF TULSA, OKLAHGMA.

CLOTHESPIN BAG.

Application filed March 5, 1925, Serial No. 13,340. Renewed December 29, 1926.

This invention relates to a clothes pin bag including a receptacle and supporting frame and contemplates principally a construction which will enable a removal of the receptacle from the frame to permit the washing of the bag or the substitution of r a new part.

Another feature resides in the provision of a cheap and desirable construction of such a nature as to permit convenient adjustment and application of the parts with relation to each otheras Well as the manipulation of the entire device inuse on a line.

Other features will more clearly hereinafter appear by reference to the accompanying specification and drawing, wherein like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views in which,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation, I Fig. 2 is a rear elevation showing the supporting arms disconnected and separated, Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the frame, Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the upper loop of the frame, and

Fig. 5 is an end view of a slightly modified form.

Referring now tothe details of construction, the body of the receptacle is formed preferably of suitable washable fabric and frame. This frame or support is in the nature of an integral wire construction and the .arms 7 and 8 are formed by bending the body at intermediate points upwardly and inwardly to a point of intersection spaced above the body a suificient distance to avoid interference with the mouth of the bag.

The arm 7 of the wire frame is of greater length than the arm 8 and is looped at 9, the point of intersection. This point of intersection in order to provide for equal balance of the receptacle is equi-distant from the extremities of the body portion 6 of the support. After forming the loop 9 the wire forming the arm 7 extends vertically a suitable distance and is coiled slightly in excess of a complete circle and in a direction opposite to the loop 9, to provide a fastener 10 for engagement with a clothes line of convenient manipulation as shown from Figure 3. Attention is directed to they factthat the adjacent faces of the Wire forming the fastening coil 10 are spaced to It will be seen that the arms 7 and 8 project through the tubular extensions 4L and 5 near the point of intersection of theformer and these tubes 4: and 5 extend suiiiciently beyond this point to permit their foldinginward over the loop 9 and hook 11 thereby i concealing the latter and retaining same in engaged position. To retain the extremities of the tubular members 1 and 5 over 1 the connection, 99, snap fasteners 12 are provided and, as shown, the sections of these fasteners are spaced to form aneat ap- Obviously su table V pearanoe of the parts. fastening may be provided at these points.

The side portion 2 of the body is turned inward to reinforce the upper edge and also to make a finished appearance at this point.

By turning in a greater width of material at the upper edge of wall 2 than is turned in at the upper edge of wall 1, the ends of the tube 3 are left free for stitching. to the extensions 4 and 5, and the wire has a direct passage which eliminates catching and injury to the material during assembly.

In Fig. 5 a slight modification is shown in that the tubular extensions 4 and '5 are formed integral with the side 1 of the receptacle. This figure also illustrates the continuous nature of the passage for the wire. In Fig. 1 the present invention is shown ready for useon a clothes line. By a tilting of the bag or a twisting of the line, same can be separated. Should it be desired to re move the bag from the supporting frame, the overlapped extremities of the extensions 4 and 5 are. unwrapped and the arms '7 and 8 of the support are disengaged at the loop 9. The arms '7 and 8 can then be separated and drawn from the tubular casing heretofore described. accomplished.

Obvious numerous changes in the details of construction can be made without depart- The assembly is as easily ing from the spirit of the invention, the essence of which is set forth in the annexed claims:

1. A clothes pin bag includlng an integral frame comprising a body portion and intersecting arms, means for detach-ably securing said arms together at then-point of intersection, one of said arms having an extension above said intersection, and a receptacle car ried by said frame.

2A clothes pin bag including a frame comprising an intermediate body portion and upwardly extending arms, a hook formed at the extremity of one of said arms,

a loop for engagement therewith formed in the-other arm, and a receptacle removablyj secured through portion of its upper extremity to said frame.

S; A device of the class described including in combination a frame comprising an intermediate portion and upwardly extending intersecting arms, means including a hook in onearni and a loop in the other for securing said. arms together at their point of intersection, a bag, and means including a bag portion for detachably securing said bag to said frame, whereby said frame serves as a bag support.

4. A device of the class described including in combination a frame comprising an intermediate portion and upwardly extending intersecting arms, means for detachably "securing said arms together at their point f of intersectlon, a bag formed with a tubular upperportion for enclosing the intermediate portion and means for securing said bag to said arms.

5. In a device of the class described, a fabric bag including adjacent Walls, one of said Wall's being of greater height'than the other and being formed at its uper extrem ity with a tubular portion, tubular exten sions fixed to the extremities of the tubular bagportion, and a frame for supporting said bag extending through the tubular portion of said'bag and its extensions and being bent upwardly and inwardly to a point of intersection and a hook carried by said frame.

6. In a device of the class described, a

bag including adjacent walls, one of said walls being turned inward and stitched to form a tubular portion, tubular extensions stitched to the extremities of said tubular portion to form an elongated tube, a supporting frame formed of a single piece of wire extending through said tube said frame being bent at intermediate points to a point of intersection spaced above the center of said tube, a loop formed at the point of intersection by one of the extremities of said frame, a hook formed by bending the other extremity of said frame adapted to engage said loop, the extremity forming said loop extending vertically above the looped portion and terminating in a rope engaging coil, and fasteners provided at the extremities of said tubular extensions.

ing a fabric bag formed with a tubular portion at the upper edge of one side, a Wireframe extending through said tubular portion' and being bent upwardly and inwardly to a point of intersection, means for detachably securing said upper frame portions together at the point of intersection a rope 4. A device of the class described includengaging loop arranged in said Wire above 7 DORA CONWAY.

and inward of said point of intersection to 

